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claw off

verb — 3 senses

claw off

verb
1

Literally To remove by clawing.

  • The tiger clawed off her face.
2

Nautical, Transport To beat to windward to avoid being driven on to a lee shore.

3

Dated, Slang To hit or beat up (someone).

Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — list of authors.